Olgaea is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae, having a typical thistle appearance.[1][2][3]
| Olgaea | |
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| Olgaea leucophylla in Inner Mongolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Onopordinae |
| Genus: | Olgaea Iljin |
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In 1922, Modest Mikhaĭlovich Iljin (from the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Russia) named the genus in honour of Russian botanist Olga Fedtschenko (1845–1921).[4]
Olgaea's genome consists of a diploid number of 2n=26 chromosomes.[5]
- Species[6]
- Olgaea altimurana (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
- Olgaea baldschuanica (C.Winkl.) Iljin
- Olgaea chodshamuminensis B.A.Sharipova
- Olgaea eriocephala (C.Winkl.) Iljin
- Olgaea lanipes (C.Winkl.) Iljin
- Olgaea leucophylla (Turcz.) Iljin
- Olgaea lomonossowii (Trautv.) Iljin
- Olgaea longifolia (C.Winkl.) Iljin
- Olgaea nidulans (Rupr.) Iljin
- Olgaea nivea (C.Winkl.) Iljin
- Olgaea pectinata Iljin
- Olgaea petri-primi B.A.Sharipova
- Olgaea roborowskyi Iljin
- Olgaea spinifera Iljin
- Olgaea tangutica Iljin
- Olgaea thomsonii (Hook.f.) Iljin
- Olgaea vvedenskyi Iljin